Hair-cutter.



H. B. WA-SHlNGTON.

HAIR CUTTER.

APPLICATION man AWL-31, 191s.

Patented May16,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

HOWARD B. WASHINGTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAIR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 121%.

Application filed August 31, 1915. Serial No. 48,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD B. WASH- moron, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Cutters; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hair cutters, and the primary object of theinvention is to provide a cutter which includes a comb, a supportingbody and a cutting blade c011- nected for forming a cutter, by means ofwhich the hair of a persons head may be cut by himself, with the sameoperation as would be necessary for combing the hair.

Another object of this invention is to adjustably mount the cuttingblade, so that the length of the hair, which is left upon the head, maybe regulated, as desired.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists insuch novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like andcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a perspective View of the improved hair cutter, Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view through the hair cutter, Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe hair cutter, showing parts broken away, Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one end of the knife carrying frame, Fig. 5 is afragmentary bottom plan view of the cutter.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the body ofthe hair cutter, which is composed of a piece of sheet metal, which isrolled intermediate its ends, as is shown at 2, and has a horizontal portion 3 against which the back of an ordinary comb 4 rests. The edge 5 ofthe body 1, remote from the edge 3, is curved inwardly and engages theback of the comb upon the opposite side of the comb which is engaged bythe section 3. a

The body 1 has blocks or plates 6 and 7 secured to its ends, whichblocks are provided with a plurality of spaced parallel and inclinedextending slots 8 formed in their facing sides. The slots 8 are providedfor receiving the tongues or projections 10 which are formed upon thebottom plate 11 of the knife carrying structure 12. The knife carryingstructure 12 includes, besides the bottom plate 11, a plate 14, which isspaced from the bottom plate 12 and has tongues 15 formed upon its ends,which tongues are bent downwardly at right angles to the plate 14, andhave their terminals bent parallel to the plate, as is shown at 16,forming ears for engagement with der surface of the ends of the cuttingknife 17. The tongues 15 extend downwardly between the tongues 10, whichare formed upon the plate 11.

The plate 14 is provided with an enlarged portion 18, which 1spositioned centrally of its ends, and which is screw threaded. A thumbscrew 19 is carried by the screw threaded enlarged portion 18, andextends therethrough, having its inner end positioned in engagement withthe surface of the plate 11, so that when the thumb screw 19 is rotated,the plates 11 and 14 will be spread, causing the ears 16 to firmly gripthe under surface of the cutting blade 17 and hold the same in firmengagement with the under surface of the plate 11.

The plate 1 is provided with openings 20 formed in the side 3 of thesame adj aeent its ends. In case a comb is used in which the rear edgeof the back of the comb is not straight, a pin indicated at 21 in Fig. 5of the drawings may be attached to one of the ends 6 or 7 and project ashort distance outwardly from the same, forming a rest against which theend of the back of the comb will rest, for causing the points of theteeth of the comb to lie in a plane parallel with the cutting edge ofthe knife 17. The blocks 6 and 7 are substantially rectangular in shape,and have their edges, which extend angularly from the edge against whichthe ends of the comb engage, arcuate, as is clearly shown at 22, so asto prevent the irritation of the persons scalp during the cutting of thehair.

In the operation of the improved hair cutter, the cutting blade carryingstructure 12 is adjusted, byplacing the tongue 10 in any one of theslots 8, so that the desired distance between the edge of the comb andthe cutting edge of the blade may be maintained, for gaging the lengthof the hair of the operators head after it has been out. The cutter theunis then drawn over the head of the operator in the same manner inwhich his hair is combed, preferably against the grain at the firstcutting and with the grain at the second cutting, thereby efficientlycutting the operators hair in the same manner in which it is combed.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the advantages of construction and of the method of operationof the improved hair cutter will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art to which this invention appertains and, while in the foregoingdescription, the principle of the operation of this invention has beendescribed together with various features of construction, it is to beunderstood that certain minor features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts may be altered to suit practical conditionsprovided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what isclaimed.

What is claimed is 1. In a hair cutter, the combination, of a bodyportion, end plates mounted upon the ends of said body portion andprojecting upwardly therefrom, an ordinary comb detachably carried bysaid body portion, said end plates being provided with a plurality ofspaced parallel extending inclined slots, a knife carrying structurehaving tongues formed upon its ends for insertion into said slots, aknife detachably carried by said knife carrying structure, said tonguesadapted for insertion into various of said slots for holding said bladecarrying structure and said blade at any desired distance from saidcomb.

2. In a hair cutter, the combination, of a body portion, a combdetachably carried by said body portion, end blocks mounted upon theends of said body portion and being provided with a plurality of spacedparallel extending inclined slots, a knife carrying structure includinga bottom plate, a second plate adjustably connected to said bottomplate, a cutting blade, means carried by said adjustable plate forengaging said cutting blade and binding it against the under surface ofsaid bottom plate, tongues formed upon the ends of said bottom plate forinsertion into said slots.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HOWARD B. IVASHINGTON.

WVitnesses:

R. M. REGAN, M. C. WELLMAN.

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Washington, I). G.

